[ICPSR] ICPSR DataBytes: Autumn 2015

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ICPSR DataBytes: Autumn 2015



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ICPSR's Autumn Byte
The 2015 ICPSR Meeting in Review!
Data-Driven Journalism on a Deadline! Feedback & Applause Requested by  
October 20
Save the Date--2016 Summer Program
New to ICPSR? Need to Explain ICPSR to Others?
A Bounty of Student Opportunity!
Featured Dataset: Army STARRS
A Cornucopia of Communication Options
Are You Among the 80%?
Giving Thanks for Great Leadership
And More Thanks for New Leadership
Come Work with Us!

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ICPSR's Autumn Byte
Photo of Perry Building in fall
With warm apple cider, the brilliant colors of fall, and a crisp chill in  
the air of Ann Arbor, it's autumn at ICPSR and time for our fall edition of  
DataBytes !

The 2015 ICPSR Meeting in Review!

Over 156 attendees from 81 institutions joined us for 17+ workshops and  
sessions September 30 - October 2 to Deliver Effective Data Stewardship!  
The biennial meeting highlighted ICPSR's core functions including current  
data collections and data-related tools and exciting new data projects. The  
meeting also imparted practical approaches and strategies to work with data  
producers to share data, write data management plans, steward  
discipline-focused repositories, and locate tools and resources to assist  
in curating and managing research data. Did you miss it? Recordings and  
presentation slides can be found on ICPSR's YouTube Channel as well as on  
the ICPSR Meeting website.




Data-Driven Journalism on a Deadline! Feedback & Applause Requested by  
October 20

ICPSR is proposing a project for the Knight News Challenge with the goal to  
arm professional and amateur journalists (storytellers) with the confidence  
and ability to ask better questions of findings (interpretations) based on  
data from surveys and other records by understanding basic tenets of truth  
in impartial data collection. The project will also encourage journalists  
and writers to tell stories with data in interesting and intriguing ways,  
to seek out data in creating arguments, and to rely on data collected in  
the most unbiased way possible. To successfully compete, we need your  
comments and applause--by October 20. Be sure to watch the video included in  
the application!

Save the Date--2016 Summer Program

The ICPSR Summer Program is excited to announce its four-week session dates  
with the first session beginning June 20, 2016. More information, including  
workshop announcements, will become available soon. Visit the ICPSR Summer  
Program website for the latest details!

New to ICPSR? Need to Explain ICPSR to Others?

ICPSR has a bumper crop of recordings and slide decks for your review and  
use. Among many others, you will find Understanding ICPSR - An Orientation  
to ICPSR, on ICPSR's YouTube Channel. Watch the video and/or click on "Show  
More" to obtain the link to download the slides. Another crop of  
presentations is found on Slideshare. ICPSR encourages you to resuse, copy,  
and otherwise share these slide decks!

A Bounty of Student Opportunity!

ICPSR invites submissions for the ICPSR 2016 Research Paper Competitions  
for undergraduates and master's students. The competitions award first  
place cash prizes of $1,000! And there is more: The ICPSR summer internship  
program provides undergraduate students with a unique and expansive  
research experience that introduces all aspects of social science research  
via a paid internship on the campus of The University of Michigan. See  
recent ICPSR interns exhibit their research (see the left pane for still  
more past projects).

Featured Dataset: Army STARRS

Researchers have a powerful new resource in the Army Study to Assess Risk  
and Resilience in Servicemembers (STARRS) (ICPSR 35197). Released in July  
2015, Army STARRS is the most extensive study of mental health and risk and  
resilience among US military personnel ever conducted.

A Cornucopia of Communication Options

We give thanks for a variety of electronic options to keep the data  
community informed of developments at ICPSR! You will find presentations  
for download from the ICPSR Slideshare account and many previous webinars  
and videos on the ICPSR YouTube Channel. Promotional materials are  
available for request on the Promoting ICPSR page. You can "like" us on  
Facebook and "follow us" on Twitter or join our circle on Google+. And  
don't forget that "old-fashioned technology"--become an ICPSR email  
subscriber!

Are You Among the 80%?

Invoices for the membership period beginning July 1, 2015, were mailed in  
May and were due on August 30. Thanks to the 80% of members who have  
already paid. Missing your invoice? Please contact us and help reduce the  
significant consortium resources typically dedicated to collecting unpaid  
membership fees!

Giving Thanks for Great Leadership

ICPSR held its fall Council Meeting on September 30. In addition to a full  
agenda, the Council and Staff bid a fond farewell six members who have  
guided ICPSR over the last four years. These members include: Christopher  
Achen, Princeton University; Marilyn Andrews, University of Regina; Tony  
Brown, Vanderbilt University; Carl Lagoze, University of Michigan; John  
Fox, McMaster University; Linda Waite, University of Chicago. ICPSR thanks  
you for your years of service and leadership!

And More Thanks for New Leadership

ICPSR is thankful for two recent additions to its staff. Jukka Savolainen  
recently joined ICPSR as Director of the National Archive of Criminal  
Justice Data (NACJD), and Harold (Woody) Neighbors joins ICPSR as the  
Interim Director of the Resource Center for Minority Data (RCMD).

Come Work with Us!

ICPSR is seeking nominations of and applications from highly qualified  
candidates for the position of Director of ICPSR, and for Director,  
Research Center for Minority Data. Applications are due November 6 and  
December 1, 2015, respectively.



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